WASHINGTON — On Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called for a censure resolution of President Donald Trump, which “would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable behavior in the strongest terms.”
Manchin expressed that an impeachment conviction was unlikely in the U.S. Senate, but a vote to censure the President would be a sufficient alternative.
“What the President did was wrong. I see no path to the 67 votes [requried to convict and remove] President Trump,” Sen. Manchin continued, “However, I do believe a bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure President Trump. Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines.”
While a censure resolution serves as a legislative rebuke to the sitting president and has no actual effect, Manchin still joins with the Democratic Party in condemning President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
